How to Join Hashtag Events on Gan Jing World

Did you know there are four different types of hashtags on Ganjing World? If you've been on social media at all, you know the concept of a hashtag. You add the tag to your post and then you're added to that hashtag's page. Or you search for that tag and you can see what others have posted, like hashtag food or hashtag beauty, for instance. This is one use case of a hashtag on Ganjing World, and it is very common across social media. It is used primarily as a way of aggregating content. But the concept of hashtags is bigger on Ganjing World and how they are used to build community. You may have watched my previous videos on owner hashtags. If not, I will link them below. This is where premium accounts, whether creators, teachers, or businesses can launch their own hashtag pages and directly manage them through Ganjing World editing tools. These are also hashtag pages in the sense of hashtag food or hashtag beauty, but they are different in that they're linked to that channel's homepage and owned by that channel. The third type of hashtags are official Ganjing World hashtag events. These are platform-wide events that are organized by Ganjing World. A lot of them are ongoing annual events and include incentives like cash prizes or promotional opportunities for content creators and are really geared toward creating a thriving space for community to connect over shared values like kindness, for instance. I will show you in a little while how you can explore the different hashtag events and how you can get involved. The fourth type of hashtags are community hashtag events. These are community-organized events. Sometimes they are sponsored by different businesses or organizations, or they are hashtags for community events that have become trending. These are a little bigger than owner hashtags in that they are more targeting community at large versus more niche creator communities. These community hashtag events are featured alongside the official Ganjing World hashtag events. So let's take a look at how you can explore the different hashtag events going on and how you can get involved. Let's start by going to the homepage of Ganjing World and if you're not sure whether you are on the homepage, you can just click the Ganjing World logo and that will bring you to home no matter where you are. You will see a tab on the top of your screen for events. This will bring you to the contest tab where you will see a lineup of the various hashtag events going on. This is a mix of both official Ganjing World events as well as community events. Then you will see the next tabs are showcasing different hashtag event categories. You will see kindness is cool, which is the biggest official event on Ganjing World. If you click into the event, you will see a lineup of all of the kindness events going on in different languages as it is a multi-language event happening around the world. If you click show more, you can read all about the contest details, deadline, and prize information. You can also click the event details link to bring up even more information. Going further down to the next tabs, you see travel, beauty and fashion, and a community tab. Each of these tabs will present you with multiple hashtag events going on within that category and you can click individually into each one to see more information. Just note, this tab may not look the same to you depending on when you are watching this video as this page is continually expanding and updating with new categories and events, so definitely check often so you can see what new ones have been added. Now that we've explored the different hashtag events, let's take a look at how you can join any hashtag and that includes not only the ones featured on the event tab, but also any hashtag page you may have come across. When you want to join a hashtag, there are two main ways. One way is to go directly to the owner hashtag or hashtag event page you want to join and click the join now button. This will present you with a list of share options where you can directly upload your content. The other way to join any hashtag is to simply add the hashtag to your post's title or description. So if you're sharing a post, you can drop it in your post description. If it's a video, you can put the hashtag either in your title or video description and the same goes for articles and other types of content. So as you can see, it is extremely easy to get involved. What I like about starting from the event page is of course I can explore and take a look at what others have posted to gain inspiration and also there are these really neat share functions that allow me to easily share the events I come across with others. You will see a share icon to the right of the join now button, which will allow you to directly share the hashtag event in a post. So say you come across a really cool hashtag event and you want to share it on your Ganjing World channel, you can click this option to create a clickable post where others can easily navigate to the event. You can also share the event on your other social media as well as copy the link to the event page. Every owner hashtag or hashtag event page will also have its own unique QR code that you can access by simply clicking the QR code icon so you can easily allow others to scan it while on the go. Well that's all for today. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and learned something new. This is Rita and I will see you in the next video.